Freedom of the Press
Specific Measure
Number of press freedom violations, including assaults and arrests of reporters, damage to their equipment, and subpoenas/legal orders for anonymous sources and restricting coverage.
(Source: US Press Freedom Tracker).
How does the US rank globally?
- Specific Measure: Survey of experts on each country, assessing media freedom and integrity, including censorship, criticism, representation, self-censorship, bias, and corruption.
(Source: Authors’ analysis of V-Dem Institute data).
- Percentage of countries the US outperforms: 66% (out of 92 countries)
- International Rank Trend: Worsening
National Trend Unclear
For more information about data sources and treatments, download the Data Notes.